James H. Billington
tHe liBrarian of Congress of tHe United states of ameriCa
&
His exCellenCy edUardo medina mora amBassador of mexiCo in tHe United states of ameriCa
Cordially invite yoU to a maJor international ConferenCe
on December 12-13, 2013 9:15 am - 5:30 pm
and reqUest tHe pleasUre of yoUr Company at a reCeption and dinner
on tHUrsday, tHe twelftH of deCemBer 6 pm: reCeption Hosted By tHe emBassy of mexiCo inClUding a display of mexiCan treasUres HoUsed at tHe liBrary of Congress
7 pm: CeleBratory dinner inClUding a speCial toast to
Living Legend AwArd recipient MigueL León-portiLLA LibrAry of congress • thoMAs Jefferson buiLding
ten first street, se • wAshington, dc
rsvp to speciALevents@Loc.gov or +1 202-707-1616
by November 28
Cover: virgin of san Juan de los lagos
James H. Billington
el BiBlioteCario del Congreso de los estados Unidos de amériCa
Y
el exCmo. edUardo medina mora emBaJador de méxiCo en los estados Unidos de amériCa
le invitan Cordialmente al ColoqUio eL 12 Y 13 De DIcIembre De 2013 9:15 HrS. - 17:30 HrS. reCepCiÓn y Cena Jueves 12 de dicieMbre, 18:00 hrs.
reCepCiÓn ofreCida por la emBaJada de méxiCo inClUye Una exHiBiCiÓn de tesoros mexiCanos resgUardados en la BiBlioteCa del Congreso
19:00 hrs. cenA de ceLebrAción Brindis espeCial al reCipiendario del gALArdón LeyendA viviente, don MigueL León-portiLLA
LibrAry of congress • thoMAs Jefferson buiLding ten first street, se • wAshington, dc favor de Confirmar asistenCia a speciALevents@Loc.gov o AL +1 202-707-1616
anteS DeL 28 De novIembre
portada: virgen de san Juan de los lagos
C e l e b r a N d o a
9:30 am
Tribute to the virgin of Guadalupe
Traditional Concheros dance by Maru Montero Troupe • Spoken tribute by novelist and essayist Ana Castillo 9:45 am
Welcome
The Librarian of Congress James H. Billington • Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S. His Excellency Eduardo Medina Mora
10:10 am
mexican Dance performance Folkloric dance from Jalisco, veracruz and morelos by maru montero troupe 10:30 am
Keynote address: mexico city’s aztec past
Intro: Colin McEwan, director of Pre-Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks Leonardo López Luján, archaeologist, historian of pre-Hispanic Mexico and director of the historic Templo Mayor project that is unearthing the Aztec metropolis beneath Mexico City 12:00 pm
Lunch 1:30 pm
the Women of mexico: From Goddesses to revolutionaries Intro: Gwen Kirkpatrick, chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Georgetown University
Carmen Boullosa, novelist, poet, playwright
2:30 pm
photographic essay: mexico’s Splendid patrimony
Intro: Helena Zinkham, chief, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Adalberto Ríos Szalay, photographer, environmentalist, author
3:30 pm
panel Discussion: on mexico’s Diversity
Moderator: John Hessler, Jay I. Kislak Collection curator, Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress
Panelists: Guadalupe Curiel Defossé, director, National Library of Mexico • Antonio Saborit, director, National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico City • Marta Turok, anthropologist, specialist on Mexican folk art • Ben Vinson, scholar on Afro-Mexican culture and dean, College of Arts & Sciences, George Washington University
5:00 pm
Living Legend award presentation
Intro: Everette Larson, head, Hispanic Reading Room, Library of Congress Miguel León-Portilla, the foremost scholar of Nahuatl, the indigenous language of Central Mexico
THURSDAY, DEC. 12
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10:00 am
Keynote address: revolutionary mexico
Intro: Barbara Tenenbaum, specialist on Mexican Culture, Library of Congress
Enrique Krauze, historian, essayist, publisher
11:00 am
World Film premiere “the History of the mexican revolution”
a one-of-a-kind documentary, 30 years in the making
Intro: Gregory Lukow, chief, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress 12:15 pm
Lunch 1:45 pm
panel Discussion: on mexico’s contemporary arts and Letters Intro: Laura Ramírez Rasgado, director, Mexican Cultural Institute Moderator: Rubén Gallo, literary and cultural critic
Panelists: Carmen Boullosa,novelist, poet, playwright• Álvaro Enrigue, novelist, short story writer• Lillian Liberman,film director, producer• Jorge Volpi, novelist, critic, essayist
3:15 pm
panel Discussion: Where is mexico? the mexican-american experience
Moderator: María Hinojosa, CNN and PBS commentator, journalist
Panelists: Sandra Cisneros, novelist, essayist, poet • Francisco Goldman, journalist, novelist • Carlos Tortolero, president, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
4:45 pm
musical performance by cuartetoLatinoamericano music of Domingo Lobato, Gabriela ortíz, manuel ponce, and Silvestre revueltas Intro: Susan Vita, chief, Music Division, Library of Congress 5:45 pm
closing
The Librarian of Congress James H. Billington • Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S. His Excellency Eduardo Medina Mora
FRIDAY, DEC. 13
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